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Letter: Henry King Burgwyn, Sr., to William H. S. Burgwyn, January 27, 1865

Thornbury Plantan [sic] Jany [sic] 24th 65
My Dear Willie
I cannot express the pain your Mother & I feel that you have not yet rec'd one of the numerous letters we have written you, and I fear that your boast that the Yankees were so particular in forwarding & deliv [sic] letters was not well founded for we have dispatched at least two letters every week. [?&By] yours of 16th Nov at hand last night & the first in three months, we find you have not rec'd any it is however some comfort to hear that our friends in Boston supply you to some extent & that your uncle is so friendly. I have written to Mr. Dehon to supply you with what you [illegible] write [illegible] be sure to provide yourself fully & with every thing of the very best, it is scarce possible to get any thing here. get a first class overcoat, best thick blankets are you not allowed to buy from the [?sutter] any thing in the way of clothing trunk. [?&] write me about these things. I have written to Judge Aldis of Vermont & also to Senator Dixon of Con. to try & get you a parole to go to see your relatives in Boston. Your horses & Pompey are here all week. Minnie goes back to Raleigh with your Mother this week. [?M] stays with Uncle Tom Mother returns. The boys will probably go to R. to school. I have leased a Plant[tation] in Franklin Co. & have moved [illegible] my fence, stock [?etc] there in case of accident here. As to your appointment & promotion I think you will get it. I have a very strong letter from Gen. Clingman & shall get one from Col. McKeithan as soon as I go to Rich'd [sic]. I shall press them, it is very difficult to get there now. It is very uncertain whether we shall live in Raleigh next summer as rents have risen so enormously. They change now from 8 to 12,000$ a year!! Yr [sic] uncle gives 7500$ Aunt Em not less than 4,000! Write as often as you can. Get good solid books of History etc & read as much as you can. I am so fearful of my letters being [illegible] I scarce know what to write. Mother, Sister & boys all [?write or unite] in much love. Ever, your affect [sic] Father

Thornbury Plantan [sic] Jany [sic] 24th 65
My Dear Willie
I cannot express the pain your Mother & I feel that you have not yet rec'd one of the numerous letters we have written you, and I fear that your boast that the Yankees were so particular in forwarding & deliv [sic] letters was not well founded for we have dispatched at least two letters every week. [?&By] yours of 16th Nov at hand last night & the first in three months, we find you have not rec'd any it is however some comfort to hear that our friends in Boston supply you to some extent & that your uncle is so friendly. I have written to Mr. Dehon to supply you with what you [illegible] write [illegible] be sure to provide yourself fully & with every thing of the very best, it is scarce possible to get any thing here. get a first class overcoat, best thick blankets are you not allowed to buy from the [?sutter] any thing in the way of clothing trunk. [?&] write me about these things. I have written to Judge Aldis of Vermont & also to Senator Dixon of Con. to try & get you a parole to go to see your relatives in Boston. Your horses & Pompey are here all week. Minnie goes back to Raleigh with your Mother this week. [?M] stays with Uncle Tom Mother returns. The boys will probably go to R. to school. I have leased a Plant[tation] in Franklin Co. & have moved [illegible] my fence, stock [?etc] there in case of accident here. As to your appointment & promotion I think you will get it. I have a very strong letter from Gen. Clingman & shall get one from Col. McKeithan as soon as I go to Rich'd [sic]. I shall press them, it is very difficult to get there now. It is very uncertain whether we shall live in Raleigh next summer as rents have risen so enormously. They change now from 8 to 12,000$ a year!! Yr [sic] uncle gives 7500$ Aunt Em not less than 4,000! Write as often as you can. Get good solid books of History etc & read as much as you can. I am so fearful of my letters being [illegible] I scarce know what to write. Mother, Sister & boys all [?write or unite] in much love. Ever, your affect [sic] Father